(by Ralph Mctell)

There's four who share this room
And we work hard for the crack.
Sleeping late on Sundays
And we never got to Mass.

(Chorus)
It's a long way from Clare to here,
It's a long way from Clare to here,
It's a long long way
It gets further by the day
Its a long long way from Clare to here.

When Friday comes around
Terry's (And he's?) only into fighting.
My mom would like a letter home
But I'm too tired for writing.

(Chorus)

(Well) It almost breaks my heart
When I think of Josephine
I (promised?) told her I'd be coming home (back?)
With my pockets full of green.

(Chorus)

The only time I feel alright
Is when I'm into drinking.
It (eases off) can sort of ease the pain of it
And it levels out my thinking.

(Chorus)

(I dream I hear) I sometimes hear a fiddle (piper) play
Or maybe it's a notion.
I dream I see white horses dance
Upon that other ocean.

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Words in brackets should come from a slightly different version.

For a few days only you can also hear this song (.WAV file).
Sorry, I do not know the name of the singer.

MIDI file: CLARETO.MID

Timebase: 480

Name: From Clare to Here
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Key: C
Tempo: 100 (600000 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0960 1 69 040 0478 0 69 040 0002 1 71 032 0478 0 71 032 0002 1 72 034 0483 0 72 034 0002 1 72 038 0473 0 72 038 0002 1 74 022 0717 1 72 026 0015 0 74 022 0228 0 72 026 0000 1 71 033 0478 0 71 033 0002 1 71 037 0478 0 71 037 0002 1 69 046 0718 0 69 046 0002 1 69 034 0238 0 69 034 0002 1 67 032 0478 0 67 032 0002 1 67 032 0478 0 67 032 0002 1 67 036 0478 0 67 036 0002 1 69 036 0478 0 69 036 0002 1 64 026 0478 0 64 026 0002 1 62 029 0958 0 62 029 0002 1 71 042 0478 0 71 042 0002 1 72 029 0238 0 72 029 0002 1 72 034 0238 0 72 034 0002 1 72 034 0478 0 72 034 0002 1 74 029 0478 0 74 029 0002 1 72 032 0443 0 72 032 0069 1 71 038 0875 0 71 038 0053 1 69 048 0718 0 69 048 0002 1 69 042 0238 0 69 042 0002 1 67 040 0478 0 67 040 0002 1 67 032 0478 0 67 032 0002 1 67 036 0718 0 67 036 0002 1 69 040 0238 0 69 040 0002 1 64 036 0478 0 64 036 0002 1 62 036 1918 0 62 036 0482 1 64 036 0478 0 64 036 0002 1 60 023 0478 0 60 023 0002 1 62 038 0958 0 62 038 0002 1 62 029 0478 0 62 029 0002 1 64 036 0478 0 64 036 0002 1 62 031 0478 0 62 031 0002 1 60 033 0478 0 60 033 0002 1 57 033 0720 1 59 035 0018 0 57 033 0220 0 59 035 0002 1 60 044 0958 0 60 044 0002 1 59 036 0958 0 59 036 0002 1 57 049 0958 0 57 049 0002 1 64 046 0478 0 64 046 0002 1 60 026 0478 0 60 026 0002 1 62 023 0958 0 62 023 0002 1 62 038 0478 0 62 038 0002 1 64 029 0478 0 64 029 0002 1 62 029 0478 0 62 029 0002 1 60 026 0478 0 60 026 0002 1 64 036 0478 0 64 036 0002 1 67 036 0478 0 67 036 0002 1 69 038 2898 0 69 038 0222 1 69 042 0238 0 69 042 0002 1 69 042 0238 0 69 042 0002 1 71 036 0238 0 71 036 0002 1 72 029 0958 0 72 029 0002 1 74 041 0478 0 74 041 0002 1 72 031 0478 0 72 031 0002 1 71 040 1438 0 71 040 0002 1 69 050 0238 0 69 050 0002 1 69 036 0238 0 69 036 0002 1 67 033 0478 0 67 033 0002 1 67 038 0478 0 67 038 0002 1 67 036 0683 1 69 040 0049 0 67 036 0192 0 69 040 0036 1 64 036 0958 0 64 036 0002 1 64 034 0478 0 64 034 0002 1 60 033 0478 0 60 033 0002 1 62 032 0958 0 62 032 0002 1 62 040 0478 0 62 040 0002 1 64 032 0478 0 64 032 0002 1 62 030 0478 0 62 030 0002 1 60 038 0478 0 60 038 0002 1 57 032 0704 0 57 032 0016 1 55 042 0238 0 55 042 0002 1 57 035 2878 0 57 035
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here

ABC format:

X:1
T:From Clare to Here
M:4/4
Q:1/4=100
K:C
A6B2|c2c2d3c|B2B2A3A|G2G2G2A2|E2D4B2|ccc2d2c2|
-c/4B15/4A3A|G2G2G3A|E2D6|-D4E2C2|D4D2E2|
D2C2A,3B,|C4B,4|A,4E2C2|D4D2E2|D2C2E2G2|A8|
-A5AAB|c4d2c2|B6AA|G2G2G11/4A5/4|E4E2C2|D4D2E2|
D2C2A,3G,|A,8|-A,8||